My family entered plastics distribution and fabrication in 1968. Dad listened to the guy in "The Graduate" and bought in. I was a teen with access to a shop filled with Plexiglas® Acrylic sheets, Lexan®, Plastic Sheets & Fiberglass sheet. Add UHMW, PTFE, plastic glue, Multiwall polycarbonate, Seaboard, architectural and engineering plastics. 40 years later I educate our team on new materials and processes - to customers worldwide. It’s new every day.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Cutting Plexiglass Makes Art

This is a quick post - sometimes you catch the shop after they have cut different colors. The layers fall to the floor under the table saw - it's random and cool. Enjoy. Looks like a dessert!

Or the simplicity of cutting 1 color of plexiglass - in this case 2793 red. When you are cutting plexiglas, it leaves a pile of chips - not dust.

They drop to the floor from the table saw, and scatter like a snowdrift from the table router.